Classification Flashcards
In ICD-10, schizotypal disorder is classified under
Select one:
1. Disorders of psychological development
2. Schizophrenia and related disorder
3. Disorders of adult personality and behaviour
4. Cluster A personality disorders
5. Persistent delusional disorder
Schizophrenia and related disorder
Schizotypal disorder is classified along with schizophrenia and related disorders in ICD-10 but along with Cluster A personality disorders in DSM-5. Schizotypy shares some of the clinical features of schizophrenia, but not the delusions or hallucinations. It is thought to be related to schizophrenia because schizotypy is more common in the other first-degree relatives of schizophrenic subjects than in the general population and the relatives for schizotypal subjects have an increased risk of schizophrenia.
The duration criteria set out in ICD-10 for diagnosing personality disorders is
Select one:
1. 6 months
2. 2 years
3. 3 years
4. None of the above
5. 1 year
There is no duration criterion for diagnosing personality disorders, though the term ‘enduring’ is applied in descriptions.
The multi-axial version of ICD consists of how many axes?
Select one:
1. Five
2. Four
3. Three
4. Ten
5. One
Three
The multi-axial version of ICD-10 uses three axes -Axis 1 - the mental disorder (also personality disorder
and mental handicap);
Axis 2 - the degree of disability;
Axis 3 - current psychosocial problems
Which one of the following disorders is characterised by normal language development?
Select one:
1. Asperger’s syndrome
2. Rett syndrome
3. High functioning autism
4. Autism
5. Childhood disintegrative disorder
Asperger’s syndrome
Asperger’s syndrome is characterised by severe persistent impairment in social interactions, repetitive
behaviour patterns, and restricted interests. But the IQ and language are often normal. Unlike autism,
patients with Asperger’s disorder show no delays in acquiring language, cognitive development, or age appropriate self-help skills. Both Rett’s syndrome and Heller’s syndrome of Childhood Disintegrative
Disorder are associated with disturbances in language development.
Miss X is a 26-year-old woman who has been treated recently for hypomania with a mood stabiliser. She
also has a past history of depression 3 years ago. Which one among the following is her diagnosis
according to ICD10 criteria?
Select one:
1. Recurrent depressive disorder
2. Mixed affective state
3. Rapid cycling disorder
4. Bipolar disorder type 2
5. Bipolar disorder type 1
Bipolar disorder type 2
Bipolar disorder is divided into 2 main broad types;
- type 1 is characterised by full blown mania or mixed
mania and depression
- type 2 is characterised by recurrent depression and hypomania without episodes of full-blown mania or mixed states.
- Mixed states are cases where manic and depressive symptoms occur simultaneously during the same episode.
- In rapid cycling disorder, there will be at least 4 episodes of bipolar disorder occurring within the period of 1 year.
Which term refers to ‘discrete episodes of anterograde amnesia that occur in association with alcohol
intoxication’?
Select one:
1. Pathological intoxication
2. Wernicke’s encephalopathy
3. Korsakoff’s syndrome
4. Alcoholic dementia
5. Alcoholic blackouts
Alcoholic blackouts
Alcoholic blackouts: Alcohol-related blackouts are not included in DSM-IV/ ICD10. Blackouts are discrete
episodes of anterograde amnesia that occur in association with alcohol intoxication. During a blackout (at the time of intoxication), remote memory is intact but patients experience specific short-term episodic
memory deficit (they can talk about their childhood etc., but cannot remember what topic the conversation is about or how did they come to where they were) They can even perform complicated tasks but later will not remember these. The memory gap usually lasts for hours, rarely a day or more. Alcohol blocks the consolidation of new memories into old memories the at the hippocampus.
A 32-year-old ex-nurse often presents to A and E with a plethora of complaints. She has undergone many
surgeries in the past. During one such admission, when confronted, she admits to injecting faeces into her blood in order to produce septic blood culture for no apparent reason. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Select one:
1. Malingering
2. Dissociative disorder
3. Munchausen syndrome
4. Conversion disorder
5. Somatisation disorder
Munchausen syndrome
Munchausen syndrome is characterised by self-inflicted lesions and feigned illness with the goal of
receiving medical treatment rather than for any other gain.
Dream-like (oneiroid) states with visual hallucinations are features of which of the following?
Select one:
1. Residual schizophrenia
2. Paranoid schizophrenia
3. Catatonic schizophrenia
4. Hebephrenic schizophrenia
5. Post schizophrenic depression
Catatonic schizophrenia
Catatonic schizophrenia is an uncommon subtype which is characterised by psychomotor symptoms
ranging from violent excitement through posturing, negativism, waxy flexibility, perseveration to stupor. It is characterised by marked disturbance of motor behaviour and can present in three clinical forms; (1) excited catatonia (2) stuporus catatonia and (3) catatonia alternating between excitement and stupor. Oneiroid states are also reported.
Classificatory systems can be used to make a diagnosis based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Which of
the following properties of classificatory systems aid in the above?
Select one:
1. Operationalised approach
2. Atheoretical approach
3. Multiaxial approach
4. Aetiological approach
5. Descriptive approach
Operationalised approach
From DSM-III onwards, operationalized diagnosis was introduced. This means using intensity, duration of
the symptoms and impairment criteria while making a diagnosis in an algorithmic manner. Using a
diagnostic checklist more or less, some criteria are necessary while some are optional for a diagnosis.
Characteristic symptoms are pertinent to the diagnosis, such as the symptom of depression that is found in many different disorders. Discriminating symptoms, e.g. thought insertion are important for diagnosis since they are not found in other disorders.
A hierarchy of symptoms, arranged in order of importance often accompanies each diagnostic description in operationalised systems. Additionally inclusion and exclusion criteria may be described to establish the diagnosis
Which of the following is a neurological cause of catatonia?
Select one:
1. Hypercalcaemia
2. Adverse drug effect of a neuroleptic medication
3. Encephalatis
4. Hepatic encephalopathy
5. Adverse drug effect of phencyclidine
Encephalatis
The most common psychiatric disorders causing catatonia include major depression and schizophrenia.
Catatonia could also appear as an adverse drug effect of a neuroleptic medication or phencyclidine.
Neurological causes of catatonia include parkinsonism, encephalitis and certain brain tumours. The
common medical causes include hypercalcaemia and hepatic encephalopathy.
A 23-year-old man is hospitalized for a fever of unknown origin and persistent cough. He also complains of being increasingly forgetful and having difficulties driving through familiar routes. Physical examination reveals several needle marks in his forearms. The most likely diagnosis is
Select one:
1. HIV dementia
2. Prion disease
3. Cocaine induced brain damage
4. Endocarditis
5. Alcoholic dementia
HIV dementia
Needle marks, persistent cough and fever of unknown origin are suggestive of a HIV infection. Cognitive
symptoms suggest HIV dementia.
Which of the following features are noted in emotionally unstable personality- borderline type?
Select one:
1. Unstable and capricious mood
2. Liability to outbursts of anger or violence
3. Chronic feelings of emptiness
4. Marked tendency to quarrelsome behaviour
5. Marked tendency to act unexpectedly and without consideration of the consequences
Chronic feelings of emptiness
Emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD) is characterised by a marked tendency to act impulsively
without consideration of the consequences, together with affective instability. Two variants of this
personality disorder are specified in ICD10, and both share this general theme of impulsiveness and lack of
self-control. In the impulsive type, the predominant characteristics are emotional instability and lack of
impulse control. Outbursts of violence or threatening behaviour are common, particularly in response to
criticism by others.
In the borderline type, in addition to emotional instability, the patient’s own self-image,
aims, and internal preferences (including sexual) are often unclear or disturbed. There are usually chronic
feelings of emptiness. A liability to become involved in intense and unstable relationships may cause
repeated emotional crises and may be associated with excessive efforts to avoid abandonment and a
series of suicidal threats or acts of self-harm (although these may occur without obvious precipitants).
The year of publication of ICD 10 is
Select one:
1. 1996
2. 1992
3. 1990
4. 1948
5. 1994
1992
ICD-10 was published in 1992 and DSM-4 in 1994. The earliest edition of ICD was first published by WHO
in 1948. DSM-3 was published by the American Psychiatric Association in 1980. DSM-2 in 1968, DSM-1 in 1952.
Which one among the following is NOT a core diagnostic feature of ADHD?
Select one:
1. None of the above
2. Inattention
3. Hyperactivity
4. Impulsivity
5. Language dysfunction
Language dysfunction
The cardinal features of ADHD are excessive and impairing levels of activity, inattention, and
impulsiveness. Hyperactivity-impulsivity symptoms include: fidgeting, moving, getting up and running about, talking excessively; unable to play quietly; continually interrupting. Inattention symptoms include: being easily distracted, poor attention span and not able to sustain attention; poor task completion; inability to organize, and making mistakes with tasks that require attention; the child is forgetful, and often loses items of daily use.
Different types of panic disorder include all except
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1. Nocturnal panic attacks
2. Situationally predisposed attacks
3. Unilateral panic attack
4. Situational panic attacks
5. Out of blue panic attacks
Unilateral panic attack
Panic attacks cannot be unilateral. They are associated with a generalised autonomic activity and not
directly related to cortical seizures that could be unilateral.
Mr.X is a 29-year-old gentleman who has a 6 month history of persecutory delusions about being spied on
at home by his neighbours. There is no evidence of functional impairment. There is no history of past
psychiatric illness or substance misuse. His most likely diagnosis is
Select one:
1. Paranoid personality disorder
2. Simple schizophrenia
3. Schizophrenic form disorder
4. Persistent delusional disorder
5. Paranoid schizophrenia
Persistent delusional disorder
Persistent delusional disorder is a category in ICD 10 that includes all disorders in which persistent
delusions are the prominent and most important clinical features and delusions must be present for at least 3 months. It includes delusions of persecution, delusions of grandeur, delusions of jealousy, somatic
delusions or other non- bizarre delusions. There should be a clear absence of significant or persistent
hallucination and absence of organic mental disorders, schizophrenia and mood disorders. Very often, the
individuals carry on near normal and social and occupational life without arousing suspicion regarding the delusional disorder.
Following the death of her 85 year old mother, a 49-year-old receptionist has become increasingly
convinced that the prime minister is in love with her and that they have an ongoing affair. She has clear
thoughts and no hallucinations. She is doing well at work and has no issues with her husband. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Select one:
1. delusional disorder
2. acute reactive psychosis
3. paranoid personality disorder
4. prodromal schizophrenia
5. schizophreniform disorder
Delusional disorder
Delusions without hallucination and thought disorder, along with preserved family and work functioning is
suggestive of a delusional disorder.
A 35-year-old man has low mood, anhedonia, loss of hope on the future, loss of appetite and poor sleep.
He has no other symptoms of depression. What is the severity of his depression?
Select one:
1. Mild
2. Dysthymia
3. Severe
4. No depression
5. Moderate
Moderate
For mild depressive episodes, two symptoms from Criterion A i.e. ‘core symptoms’ + at least two from
Criterion B - ‘other symptoms’, totaling at least 4 overall, must be present. For moderate depression, the count required is 2 + 3 / 4 and for severe it becomes 3 + 4 / 5. ‘4 mild -6 moderate -8 severe’ is an easy way to remember these criteria!
Which one of the following eponymous persistent delusional disorders are not correctly matched?
Select one:
1. Capgras syndrome - illusion des sosies
2. Othello syndrome - morbid jealousy
3. Fregoli syndrome-delusional dysmorphophobia
4 .Ekbom syndrome - delusion of infestation
5. De-clerambault’s syndrome - erotomania
Fregoli syndrome-delusional dysmorphophobia
The persistent delusional disorders are characterised by a persistent, often life long, non-bizarre delusion or
a set of related delusions arising insidiously in mid-life or later. Transient auditory hallucinations may occur,
but schizophrenic symptoms are incompatible with a pure diagnosis. Affect, thought and behaviour are
globally normal, but patients’ attitudes and actions in response to these delusions are appropriate and may
lead to dangerousness in disorders such as Othello syndrome.
A 21-year-old man has been elated for the last 2 weeks with reduced need for sleep. On mental state
examination, he has pressured speech, racing thoughts and grandiose delusions. The diagnosis is
Select one:
1. Acute stress reaction
2. Hypomania with psychosis
3. Mania with psychosis
4. Hypomania without psychosis
5. Mania without psychosis
Mania with psychosis
The symptoms have lasted for more than a week, which is suggestive of mania. In its more severe form,
mania may be associated with psychotic symptoms such as grandiose delusions
A 26-year-old woman has fears of being judged negatively by other people. This is suggestive of
Select one:
1. Borderline personality disorder
2. Avoidant personality disorder
3. Anankastic personality disorder
4. Dependent personality disorder
5. Histrionic personality disorder
Avoidant personality disorder
Individuals with avoidant personality disorder harbour fears being judged negatively by other people,
feelings of discomfort in group or social settings and may come across as being socially withdrawn. They
also have low self-esteem and may crave affection despite an overwhelming fear of rejection.
A woman with borderline personality disorder is keen to know which of her symptoms will get better in the
natural course of her life even if she does not take treatment. The correct answer will be
Select one:
1. Identity disturbance
2. Feelings of abandonment
3. Impulsivity
4. Intensity of interpersonal relationships
5. Affective instability
Impulsivity
Symptomatic improvement is common even among the most disturbed borderline patients, and the
prognosis for most, but not all, severely ill borderline patients is better than previously recognized. Impulsive symptoms resolved the most quickly, affective symptoms were the most chronic, and cognitive and interpersonal symptoms were intermediate when followed up for six years.
The most common co-morbid psychiatric disorder seen in children with ADHD is
Select one:
1. Conduct disorder
2. Oppositional defiant disorder
3. Bipolar disorder
4. Substance abuse
5. Specific learning disorders
Oppositional defiant disorder
Co-morbid psychiatric illness is common in ADHD children and is seen in 50-80% of cases. 50% children
may meet criteria of 2 comorbid conditions. Oppositional Defiant disorder in 35-50%, conduct disorder 25%, anxiety disorder 25% and depressive disorder 15%. Learning disability 15-40%, specific language impairment in 15-75% children.
Which of the following personality types is classified as a Cluster A personality disorder?
Select one:
1. Anankastic personality disorder
2. Histrionic personality disorder
3. Avoidant personality disorder
4. Schizotypal personality disorder
5. Antisocial personality disorder
Schizotypal personality disorder
Paranoid, schizoid and schizotypal personality disorders are classified under cluster A.